Tag Archives: Voters Rights

May 31, 2016

COLUMBUS ⎯⎯The Ohio Democratic Party released the following statement today from Chairman David Pepper in response to Attorney General Mike DeWine and Secretary of State Jon Husted filing a motion to stay last week’s ruling restoring “Golden Week.” Their argument in today’s filing was that the decision to restore “Golden Week” as it previously existed “risks harm” to Ohio voters and will breed “voter confusion.”

May 26, 2016

COLUMBUS — Ohio Democratic Party released the following statement from Chairman David Pepper on today’s announcement that Attorney General Mike DeWine and Secretary of State Jon Husted plan to appeal this week’s ruling restoring “Golden Week.”

COLUMBUS ⎯⎯ The Ohio Democratic Party released the following statement from Chairman David Pepper calling on Gov. John Kasich to veto Senate Bill 296, which passed the Ohio House today, and places new restrictions on Ohio voters by requiring a cash bond to keep polling locations open on Election Day:

May 24, 2016

COLUMBUS — The Ohio Democratic Party (ODP) released the following statement from Chairman David Pepper in response to Judge Michael Watson’s judgment and final order released today restoring “Golden Week” for Ohio voters, in a case brought by the ODP, Cuyahoga County Democratic Party and Montgomery County Democratic Party.

March 8, 2016

State Rep. Kathleen Clyde (D-Kent) issued a statement in response to a lawsuit brought by a number of eligible 17-year-old voters challenging Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted’s directive to exclude them from presidential primary voting.